Carnaval UCLA! A World Tribute to New Orleans

Don your costumes and masks and join in the fun as the UCLA Fowler Museum celebrates Carnaval.

In conjunction with the Fowler exhibition on Carnaval, the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History hosts a day of art, food, music, dance, costumes, face painting, and even a parade.

Let the good time roll!

Schedule:

12 - 1 PM -- Art Workshops

Prep for the parade with these activities:

Create a noisemaker to shake, rattle and roll along the parade route.
Turn your head into a towering work of art at the hat-making station.
Paint a lantern with the RatzClique from Basel, Switzerland.

1 - 2:30 PM -- Campus Parade

March in the Carnival procession along with these performance troupes:

RatzClique, a thirty-person fife-and-drum corps from Switzerland
Stilt Walkers who'll glide through the route from twenty feet in the air
Los Angeles Carnival On Tour, a Caribbean delight
And many more!

Costume competition with cash prizes! To march in the procession as a group, download a registration form at www.fowler.ucla.edu or call 310-825-9672. Participants of all ages are welcome!

2:30 - 5 PM -- Live Stage Performances

Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca, a vibrant synthesis of Latin American salsa and African soukous, when Ricardo Lemvo and Makina Loca take the stage you can't help but dance!
Los Angeles Carnival On Tour, dancers in full regalia shake it to live Caribbean calypso and soca music.

3 PM -- Guided Tour of the Carnaval! Exhibition - meet in the Fowler lobby

Also scheduled - face painting, raffle prizes - including a chance to win a flight to Brazil - food booths - featuring flavors from around the world, including New Orleans' specialties beignets and more.

All Day: Open Galleries - Enjoy spectacular costumes, masks, photographs, and videos of Carnival celebrations around the world, including a final gallery dedicated to New Orleans.

Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Sunday, noon - 5 PM
Thursday until 8 PM
Closed Monday and Tuesday

Date: Saturday, April 08, 2006

Time: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Fowler Museum of Cultural History
UCLA campus
enter Westwood & Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
United States

Cost: Free and open to the public; parking is available in lot 4 for $8.

Special Instructions

Convenient Fowler parking is at the northeast or southeast ends of lot 4.

For more information please contact

Fowler Museum of Cultural History Tel: 310-825-4361
www.fowler.ucla.edu

Sponsor(s): Fowler Museum at UCLA

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